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Byron's Venetian Apartment Makes One Reconsider the Standards of Airbnb Accommodation

A young man in a pink jacket and white shirt sits among flowers in a garden on the cover of Vogue Scandinavia.

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Prince Nikolai of Denmark on the cover of the February–March issue of Vogue Scandinavia

Prince Nikolai of Denmark on the cover of the February–March issue of Vogue Scandinavia. The issue is devoted to the experience of growing up in monarchical regions

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New York in 1879 😍😍😍

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Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Queen Victoria's great-granddaughter Alice of Battenberg, and their youngest child Philip in 1925

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This is how the solemn requiem for King Louis XVI is held in the churches of France

Detail of a painting showing the torso of a nude man and white drapery, with the face only partly visible.

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Orestes in Bouguereau's painting, cropped to exclude the Furies pursuing him

I rather wanted to rescue Orestes, pursued by the Furies, from his importunate company. Really, without these charming ladies Bouguereau's painting is far better

A young model in a long pink quilted coat, dark sweater and wide black trousers walks along a white runway. White blocks topped with green balls stand around.

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Model in a long pink padded coat on a runway in a white hall

A painting in an arched niche on a grey wall: a man in red robes and a laurel wreath holds an open book. The label reads Agnolo Bronzino, Allegorical Portrait of Dante.

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Agnolo Bronzino's Allegorical Portrait of Dante on display in a museum

A mannequin in a black leather jacket, dark scarf, worn jeans and white sneakers stands in a yellow display case. A label and a screen with an interview clip are below.

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Reconstructed outfit of Viktor Tsoi on a mannequin in a museum display

A young woman in a headscarf and a man in a burgundy waistcoat walk arm in arm holding rifles, rosettes pinned to their clothes, with a torch-bearing crowd behind them.

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Night procession by torchlight: a woman and a man with rifles in period costume

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In 2018 the Franco-Belgian historical film "One King, One France" was released, in which Gaspard Ulliel (1984-2022) played one of his last roles: Basile, a lowborn fighter for liberties who builds his love and his life in…

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